Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-09-15

exhibit embraces pantry stores and
honey. In each Of these classes there is
seen much taste and skill in the ar.
rangement of the exhibits. The various
grains when in the stalk are put up In
artistic devices, while the seeds are nicely
bottled, the vegetables are Systematically
arranged, and the pantry stores are plac.
ed in the most attractive forms. A large
part of the space In this building is de-
voted to pantry stores, and here the good
cooks Of Iowa appear at great advantage
The exhibit includes cakes, jellies, pre-.
serves, pickles. bread and other substantials
and delicacies. The improvement in the
arrangement Of these goods is very notice
able. Years ago. exhibitors used to send
their jelly to the fair In cracked tumblers.
broken flower pots, or almost anything
that would hold the dclicacy. Now the
jellies and preserves are put up in uniform
Jars and cans, and arranged so as to make
beautiful exhibit. The display Of cakes
and other baked articles is of very super
Tor quality and reflects great credit upon
the exhibitors.
A pleasant and refreshing feature Of the
fair is the display Of fruits and flowers In
Horticultural hall. Whatever may have
been said in the past with regard to laxity
on the part of the Horticultural Society
in doing their share in making the fair
success cannot be repeated this year, as
the most superficial glance at the hall. Its
decorations and its systematic arrange
ments will attest.
The exhibit In the Machinery Depart.
ment is far ahead of that of any previous
years both In amount and quality of goods
displayed and the taste shown in making
it. The five new buildings have of them
selves added not little to the general
appearance Of the department and every
one Is q credit to the ground. The old
standard articles were all fully represented
and in manner most creditable to the
State and its associations. The coal and
tile exhibits were also worthy of especial
mention being far the largest in the
history of the Association rs well
as superior In every point. The eX-
hibit taken as whole was fully one
third larger than that of any former year
and experience had enabled the
Superintendent to arrange 1t much better
both for the visitor and the exhibitors.
The most noticeable change was to be
| found in the compactness with which II
had been placed, much less ground being
occupied while the. volume Of the exhibit
was much larger.
THURSDAY, Sept.S-It rained steadily
nearly all forenoon, and thousands Of peo.
pie were disappointed. In the afternoon,
however, it cleared away, and the day
proved very good one, as fully fifteen
thousand people were on the grounds A
few hours brought about wonderful
change in the prospects of the day. and
| for all the fears II turned out to be one OF
the best of the week. The grand parade
| Int hot
change was made in the programme, and
the crowd that took in the exhibition dur.
! ing the afternoon was larger than that of
Tuesday, and enjoyed their visit fully as
well.
The Dairy hall has been the center of
much interested attention from the first
especially from 10 to IL o'clock in the
morning, and 2 to o'clock in the after.
noon, at which hours the milk scparators
are in operation, dividing the FIRE h milk
into sky blue skim milk and rich yellow
cream. There are three of these machines
on exhibition.
The exhibit in the swine department is
by far the best both in quantity and quail.
ity of any that has ever been given by the
| Association. The pens have been sur.
rounded by interested visitors ever since
the opening day, and in the opinion OF
many this department is not behind any
of its competitors in the least. Probably
the most noticeable feature is the large
number of young animals on exhibition,
to which preference seems to have been
given over the d, not that the heavy
weights have been sighted, as was evi.
denced by one Poland China weighing
$50 pounds, closely followed by another
Of the same class that weighed 800 and
Jersey Red that tipped the scales at 745
pounds. The Poland Chinas were greatly
in the ascendancy, being fully four.fifths
of the entire number. The others OK.
hibited were Chester White, Berkshire and
Duroc-Jersey.
The following is the Register report of
the principal trotting race to-day: The
entries were Hoger's Orphia, Bowmans
Harry Pulling. Gelatts Iris and Whitney's
Mark Time. but only the first three APP
peared to start and were placed in the
order named. Considerable time was
wasted in scoring, but the three finally
got away pretty well together. Iris took
the pole on the first turn, the others
breaking badly, and held it under the
wire without being crowded, with Harry
Pulling second and Orphia third The
start on the second heat was only fairly
good but being made without delay made
up for multitude Of evils. The heat
was without interest. Orphia taking the
lead on the first quarter and coming in
easily first under a strong pull with Iris
second and the big bay third. The third
heat was much more exciting, Iris crowd
ing Orpha all the way round, breaking
once but not losing enough to keep her
from rushing Orphia off her feet on the
nIor ha mi 30
first by head. Iris was given the heat,
! Orphia second and Harry third. Time,
1891. The fourth heat presented another
struggle between Iris and Orphia, who
trotted close together throughout the mile
with Orphia In the lead. On the home
stretch Iris began to overhaul her oppo-
nent, but unfortunately broke just before
reaching the wire, allowing Orphia to take
the heat in the fair time Of 2:35f, consid
ering the track. Harry Pulling was yirtu-
, ally out of the contest, having gone lame
only staying in for third money. The inter
est in this race was absorbing by this time.
as Orphia and Iris had two heats each
and neither could count on a walk away.
! Another pretty contest was shown, but
, Orphia took the lead and held it, winning
, the heat and race with Iris good second
| and Pulling dstanced. Time 2:35f.
/ While the time made in these heats was
not remarkable, 1t was good considering
: the condition of track. and grew con-
/ stantly better as the ground dried out under
the afternoon sun. The contest for first
place was close and exciting from the
first, and made 1t one of the best races OF
the week. in spite Of all the disadvantages.
/ FRIDAY, Sept 9.-The threatening ap.
, pearance of the weather this morning
4 kept thousands away from the Fair, but
/ in the afternoon from 1900 to $1,000
. people were on the grounds. The parade
of live stock began at 10 o'clock and was
. witnessed by a goodly number of people,
: although most of the sight-seers paid
' slight attention to 1t and wandered over
!, the grounds in search of more exciting
8 features. The parade consisted Of horses
and cattle, and extended about one mile
I in length. presenting one of the fines,
l sights ever seen at fair All the breeds
0 of cattle and horseflcsh which have been
proven by years of experience of Iowa
farmers to be the best adapted to theil
0 wants were shown, aud it represented Q
million dollars worth of DrOperty the re.